Putin ruled out the involvement of British intelligence services in the Skripalspoisoning

Russian
President Vladimir Putin said that he did not support the theory that the
British intelligence services could poison the ex-GRU intelligence officer
Sergei Skripal.

Previously,
this theory was advanced by many Russian media and bloggers. In an interview
with American film director Oliver Stone, Putin, responding to a question about
whether he believes that the British special services could poison Skripal to
prevent him from returning to Russia, replied in the negative.

“Frankly
speaking, I don’t really believe it … If they wanted to poison it, they would
poison it,” Putin said.

According
to him, with current technologies, it is easy to poison a person – especially
if he is in the territory controlled by the special services. Putin noted that
he did not believe in conspiracy theories.

On March 4,
2018, a former intelligence officer of the GRU Skripal, who had previously been
convicted to the Russian Federation for spying for London, was poisoned in
Salisbury. Along with him, daughter Julia suffered. The authorities said that
the Russians are poisoned by the substance of the nerve action
“Novichok”, which was developed in the USSR and the Russian Federation.

On September
5, possible perpetrators of the poisoning were blamed – the Russians “Alexander
Petrov” and “RuslanBoshirov”. British Premier Theresa May called them GRU
agents, and British Security Minister Ben Wallace said that “Putin is
responsible for the poisoning.” Later, the leaders of the USA, France,
Germany and Canada agreed with this.